Cool Creek
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.1 mi
Distance
4,082 ft
Gain
2h 48m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Mt. Hood National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Cool Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,082 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,082 ft
- Highest point
- 4,941 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,918 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Cool Creek is a 6.16-mile out-and-back trail in Oregon with 4,082 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 4,941 feet.
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